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[quote=Anonymous]Can only speak to my experiences. First kid got in Cornell, Duke and Michigan. Chose Michigan because received a Shipman scholarship- no tuition payments for four years and other benefits as well, ranging from a big slug of meal points to special football tickets. Perfect SAT scores, lots of AP - went to base school as opposed to TJ.

Daughter number 2 got in everywhere she applied. Went to Princeton. Perfect SAT’s highest score in the state on PSAT. 12 5’s on AP tests. TJ alum - a school which has more negatives than meet the eye. Princeton still was a stroke of luck- they turn down others with similar stats.

Both schools provided an excellent education. No one place is ideal. You get out of what you put into it.

I went to Duke from the Midwest in the late 70’s. Very poor single mother home. 4:06 high school miler. Won a national championship race. 1400 SAT - difficult for me as my brother and I - my brother an even faster runner- had no one in the immediate family who went to college. Athletics very corrupting in a sense - even the top schools were recruiting me as opposed to my hoping to get admitted. Athletic scholarships not really ideal for serious students. I had no interest in teaching or coaching - a common pursuit with my college rivals. Went to a good high school but not prepared for Duke all that well. Poor and a social outcast. Likely should have taken one of the Big 10 offers I had just for social reasons.  No complaints and happy my kids had choices without worrying one iota about money.  Very lucky I just was not a high mileage runner and Duke let me train often on my own - lots of speed work in a limited time frame. Grateful for the opportunity at Duke. and very lucky. [/quote]

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